Anthony "Juice" Young has big opportunity vs. Sadam Ali this weekend

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29/04/2019

Anthony "Juice" Young has big opportunity vs. Sadam Ali this weekend

This Saturday night at The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, welterweight, Anthony "Juice" Young (20-2) gets the biggest fight of his career so far when he takes on ex-WBO junior middleweight titlle holder Sadam Ali (27-2) on the undercard of the Canelo Alvarez vs. Daniel Jacobs world middleweight championship fightr, live on DAZN. Young, from Atlantic City, New Jersey, has been a pro for eight years and has compiled a respectable mark of 20-2 with seven knockouts. Saturday will be his first fight on the world stage and outside of the East Coast when he takes on Ali, a former world title holder and also a 2008 Olympian. 
 
"Training camp has been good.  I just fought om March 23rd (a sixth-round stoppage over Juan Rodriguez Jr), so I just took a couple days off and went right back in the gym.  I have had a solid six-week camp for this fight," said Young.
 
Young feels that he has been overlooked in his career.  "All that I have ever wanted was an opportunity.  This was presented to us, and we jumped on it.  I have fought the bulk of my career at home in Atlantic City.  I feel there is more pressure in that.  I won't feel any pressure on Saturday.  I just know that after Saturday, the whole boxing world will know who I am."
 
 
A win over the well-known Ali is just what Young has been clamoring for, and the 31 year-old has had his eye on Ali for a long time. "I have been following Ali for a long time.  My goal was to make the Olympic team, and he got on the team in 2008.  He's a great fighter.  He is an Olympian, who defeated a legend in Miguel Cotto to become a [WBO] champion.  I think he was over-matched in terms of size when they put him in with Munguia.  He is a world class fighter, but so am I.  Saturday, the world will see that.  A win will put me on the world stage, and will show that I am a player in the welterweight division.  I want to fight everybody.  I just want to thank everyone on my team, and I am dedicating this fight to [former IBF lightweight champion] Leavander Johnson [who died due to injuries sustained in a title fight] and his father Bill.  Leavander was the last Atlantic City fighter to get to this stage and Saturday, I will do everyone proud." 
 
Ali returned to his natural weight class, welterweight, after losing his 154-pound title to Jaime Munguia.
 
Long-time manager Rich Masini of  Masini Boxing Management has carefully but aggressively moved his welterweight prospect, young for eight- years . "I believe Anthony is more then ready for this fight, and will be victorious.  Every fighter dreams of the getting the opportunity to change their lives and career.  We have a great team with trainer's Raul "Chino" Rivas, Reggie Lloyd, Rashiem Jefferson and cutman Nick Rosario.  Also Anthony's dad who has helped me navigate his career.  His team has always been a pleasure to work with and his father Teany is a big part of our team.  His family is also a big part of our team, and they are great people.  They will have a strong showing to support him in Vegas," says Masini